Fractal Analytics Buys Mobius Innovations From an Old Friend

January 13th, 2015

Continuing its quest for hyper-personalized marketing tools, Fractal Analytics announced today it bought Mobius Innovations to better understand the thinking of mobile customers.

The acquisition reflects a deal between two former partners: Fractal CEO Srikanth Velemakanni and Mobius CEO Nirmal Palaparthi. The two men co-founded Fractal 14 years ago. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

Palaparthi left Fractal in 2012 to start Mobius in Singapore. The company developed a platform called Contextudio, which blends social media data, geolocation technology and sentiment analysis to produce intelligence about consumers. It also developed a mobile delivery app for iOS devices that could create personalized offers in real time.